About Kalanji Village

Kalanji is a small village in Ponneri tehsil, in the district of Thiruvallur, Tamil Nadu. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 126 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 457 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 600102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Kalanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Kalanji village
Description	Value
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thiruvallur
Tehsil	Ponneri
Pincode	600102
Area (hectares)	457 hectares
Population	260
Male Population	126
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 7 km distance

How Kalanji compares

By the 2011 count Kalanji is the 119th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents. Its 457 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

Getting to Kalanji

Kalanji is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Kalanji as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 7 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Kalanji from other places

Kalanji lies about 51 km from Thiruvallur, and the nearest railway station is Attippattu, about 9.6 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Kalanji
Nearest railway station	Attippattu	9.6 km
Nearest town	Mīnjūr	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ponneri	15 km
District headquarters	Thiruvallur	51 km

Villages closest to Kalanji

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ponneri tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Kalanji

As per the Census of India 2011, Kalanji village had a population of 260. That makes it the 119th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,889 residents.

Kalanji village has 126 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Kalanji has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1011.

The pincode recorded for Kalanji is 600102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Kalanji covers 457 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Kalanji falls under Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district in Tamil Nadu.

The nearest railway station to Kalanji is Attippattu, about 9.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 7 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10 km distance for Kalanji.

Kalanji is about 51 km from Thiruvallur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Kalanji is in Ponneri tehsil of Thiruvallur district. Attippattu is about 9.6 km away. Mīnjūr is about 10 km away. Ponneri is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.